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A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.
In a small Alaska town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven’t seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know who’s responsible: a member of the Colony, an ostracized community of vampyrs living in an old mine settlement deep in the woods.
Detective Barbara Atkins, a specialist in vampyr killings, is called in to officially determine if this is a Colony killing—and authorize a cull. Old suspicions die hard in a town like Deadhart, but Barbara isn’t so sure. Determined to find the truth, she enlists the help of a former Deadhart sheriff, Jenson Tucker, whose investigation into the previous murder almost cost him his life. Since then, Tucker has become a recluse. But he knows the Colony better than almost anyone.
As the pair delve into the town’s history, they uncover secrets darker than they could have imagined. And then another body is found. While the snow thickens and the nights grow longer, a killer stalks Deadhart, and two disparate communities circle each other for blood. Time is running out for Atkins and Tucker to find the truth: Are they hunting a bloodthirsty monster . . . or a twisted psychopath? And which is more dangerous?
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- ISBN: 9780593356609
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Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from February 19, 2024
Vampires, or “vampyrs,” roam the earth—and provoke heated political debate—in this wildly imaginative supernatural thriller from Tudor (The Drift). Though vampyrs rarely attack humans, hostility toward them in the early 20th century led to the decimation of the species and their relegation to several remote colonies across the United States. In 1983, the federal government enacted the Vampyr Protection Act, declaring them a protected species and polarizing the electorate—right-wing religious fanatics believe vampyrs should be exterminated, while “woke liberals” consider them vulnerable minorities. Against this fraught backdrop, homicide detective Barbara Atkins, who has her PhD in forensic vampyr anthropology, is dispatched to the small town of Deadhart, Alaska, after local teen Marcus Anderson is killed and his neighbors blame a vampyr. While the citizens of Deadhart prepare to cull the nearby vampyr colony in retaliation, Atkins teams up with the local sheriff to investigate Marcus’s death. As they dig, Atkins and the sheriff come to suspect the vampyr theory is cover for a much more personal motive—and then someone else turns up dead. Tudor leverages her snowbound setting for maximum atmosphere, and never lets her high-concept premise overwhelm patient character development. This frostbitten procedural is a bloody good time. Agent: Madeleine Milburn, Madeleine Milburn Literary. -
Booklist
March 1, 2024
In this new book by the author of The Chalk Man (2018) and The Drift (2023), big-city detective Barbara Atkins is sent to a small Alaskan town to investigate a homicide. Why? Because the victim's body has been drained of its blood, and Atkins is an expert in vampyr forensics. In this brilliantly imagined story, vampyr have been around at least as long as humans; they have their own culture, their own colonies, and their own laws (and they are protected under human law). They are not the capital-M monsters from horror movies, but rather the objects of bigotry and hatred by some humans. There are those who believe that all vampyr should be exterminated, which is why Atkins's job is so important: if she determines this victim was indeed killed by a vampyr, she could be condemning an entire colony to extermination. But who else could be behind this grisly murder? Tudor is a masterful storyteller, and here she does some of her finest work, approaching vampyr mythology from an exciting new angle and creating some of her most memorable human characters.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Library Journal
March 1, 2024
ITW Thriller awardee Tudor, raking in adaptation deals, takes up vampires. Deadhart, AK, is home to both humans and creatures. When a boy is found with his throat torn out, Detective Barbara Atkins and Sheriff Jenson Tucker investigate. As the cold and snow draw the nights down ever darker, they wonder what kind of being they're hunting. Prepub Alert.
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